- *wayyazʿēq*
- waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he caused to cry out
- *wayyōʾmer*
- waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
- *nînəwēh*
- proper noun with preposition - in Nineveh
- *ṭaʿam*
- masculine singular noun with preposition - from decree/command of
- *meleḵ*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the king
- *gəḏōlāyw*
- masculine plural adjective with 3rd person masculine singular suffix and conjunction - and his great ones
- *lēʾmōr*
- preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying
- *ʾāḏām*
- masculine singular noun with definite article - the man/mankind
- *bəhēmāh*
- feminine singular noun with definite article and conjunction - and the beast/animal
- *bāqār*
- masculine singular collective noun with definite article - the herd/cattle
- *ṣōʾn*
- feminine singular collective noun with definite article and conjunction - and the flock/sheep
- *yiṭʿămû*
- qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with negative particle - let them not taste
- *məʾûmāh*
- indefinite pronoun - anything
- *yirʿû*
- qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with negative particle - let them not graze/feed
- *mayim*
- masculine plural noun with conjunction - and water
- *yištû*
- qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with negative particle - let them not drink